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ir ir Galloping Through History it ic Lee's Traveller Led Two Lives9 ys: "Fundamental to au as to 1857 and from 1860 to 1861, just before the Civil War erupted. Lee County and the city of Robert Lee in Coke County are named for him. His birthday, Jan. 19, is a legal holiday here, but' it is not generally observed. Lee's influence is still felt at Washington and Lee and the university's statement of purpose pirations of Washington and Lee University are two basic purposes the dedication of all its resources to the development of man's capacity and desire to jeam, and to understand and ess on to others the varied nefits of, this intellectual By SPENCER JONES News Journal Correspondent (Editor's Note: Jones's interest in this particular story dates back to 1925 when he was a student at Washington and Lee University.) MARSHALL The story of Gen.

Robert E. Lee's favorite horse. Traveller, which became one of the world's most famous skeltons, is related in a documentary film produced by Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. The documentary deals with Traveller's two careers, first as Gen. Lee's horse in war and owth." ZENITH 1 CHROMACOLOR Sports On TV 1a OvWA colOR A AX jf i sale that Maj.

Thomas L. Broun of West Virginia sold him to General Lee for $200 after Lee declined to accept the horse as a gift. Still enduring, how-ever is an account that a Broad-nax Maury of Virginia sold Traveller to General Lee for just $1 prior to the Civil War. Traveller was with General Lee much of the time during the fighting. Lee rode him into Lexington after the war when he became president of Wasihng-ton College, as it was known then.

Jhe school's name was later cltanged to Washington and Lee University in honor of the famous Southerner. Traveller's last years of his life were tranquil and were spent in Lexington. He died frpm an infection about six months after Lee was stricken. The documentary's ending shows the ceremonies last May when the skeleton of Traveller was buried on the campus beside the Lee Memorial Chapel and close by Lee's crypt inside the chapel. Gen.

Lee came to Lexington, to turn his remaining energies to education of young men and in urtherence of his devotion to duty. His salary was $1,500 a year. "Duty," Lee once stated, "is the sublimest word in the English language." Lee was a religious man of aristocratic bearing and his faith was the source of his courage and strength. Allen Nevins, a historian, said in the New York Times Encyclopedic Almanac that three points are apparent in his career. He listed them as "his character which is almost universally agreed as one of the loftiest nearly stainless in the American pantheon; his attainments made him one of the greatest of military geniuses; and his conduct and moral influence made a contribution to the welfare and greatness, not only of his section but to the whole country." Lee lived in Texas from 1856 peace and, second, as the famed skeleton.

University alumni and friends throughout the East Texas and North Louisiana areas have been advised of the documenta-ary and most of the older alumni are familiar, from personal experiences, with the "second career." It centers at the Washington and Lee biology museum where Traveller's skeleton was displayed. Next to it was the skeleton of a smaller animal. Students were usually in the museum and when visitors on the campus would enter, the skeleton of Traveller was pointed out, just casually. Then the visitors would be told "the large skeleton is Traveller and the small one is Traveller as a colt." There would be little further explanation and the students would depart, just saying "goodbye, it's time for class." But the story spread and became widely circulated. And is still a popular talking point.

The 15 minute film is called "Where's Traveller?" and was produced by Prof. Ronald H. McDonald of the Lee School of Journalism, and Chester F. Burgess III, a journalism major. During Traveller's stint in the museum every student for many years was obliged by superstition to carve his initials on the skeleton, thus assuring himself passing grades.

It was stated considerable research and investigation was involved in the film. Traveller was one of the most widely painted and photographed animals of his day and copies of many, of the pictures were collected for filming. Interviews with alumni who knew of Traveller's "second career" were recorded and legends sorted out and investigated. Traveller was exhumed for the display but after a long period of years and time took its toll, with the bones becoming brittle, the skeleton was removed. The documentary traces the life of Traveller from his days as a colt named "Jeff Davis" through his sale to General Lee in 1862.

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